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supernatural, but they
also have no proof
against it. If we ... LEWIS N. ROE We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by the... US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE I heard of a man who was living in a barn and running an extension cord from a nearby house for powe... PATTI PRESTON We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have ... SARAH BERNHARDT The scientific method gives us
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school of thought has all of the answer... LEWIS N. ROE On the contrary, having the amiable vanity which knits us to those who are fond of us, and disinclin... GEORGE ELIOT Ceremony and ritual spring from our heart of hearts: those who govern us know it well, for they woul... F. GONZALEZ-CRUSSI I really admire the professors in this country. We foreigners come, and they pour their hearts, soul... DURGA AGRAWAL How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS High Alpine meadows, like their near relatives prairie, desert and certain varieties of wetland, tea... JOHN BURNSIDE For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who wi... DONALD WILLIAMS Half the joy of life is in little things taken on the run... but let us keep our hearts young and ou... VICTOR CHERBULIEZ From personal experience, I know for sure that the number one thing that saddens the dead more than ... SUZY KASSEM Our feelings of separation from God will diminish as we become more childlike before Him. That is no... HENRY B. EYRING What stops us from making changes in our lives? Fear. Change and the unknown present us opportunitie... CHRISTOPHER SHEA The bonds of family bind us up, support us, help us. And they are also a bond from which it is diffi... NEIL GAIMAN Should it concern us that the bible never calls us to ask Jesus into our hearts. Should it concern u... DAVID PLATT There is something about music that keeps its distance even at the moment that it engulfs us. It is ... AARON COPLAND We trifle with, make sport of, and despise those who are attached to us, and follow those that fly f... WILLIAM HAZLITT The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune,that makes us suffer like the d... FRANZ KAFKA May those who love us, love us; and those who don't love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He do... IRISH BLESSINGS God guides us from within. He does nothing more than that. There is no charm in God shaping us like ... VINOBA BHAVE Having been shown the possibility that God exists, the atheist has
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A person must understand himself, improve himself, learn his weaknesse... KINGSLEY GEORGE There was no excuse which didn't consist of inexcusable. KINGSLEY AMIS I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can... BEN KINGSLEY To offer to our tribe, as storytellers, narratives which are absent of a dark side is a terrible dis... BEN KINGSLEY Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself i... KINGSLEY AMIS I think that you can fall into bad habits with comedy... It's a tightrope to stay true to the ch... BEN KINGSLEY He thought how much he liked her and had in common with her, and how much she'd like and have in com... KINGSLEY AMIS Nice things are nicer than nasty ones. KINGSLEY AMIS As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving. BEN KINGSLEY I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that ever... BEN KINGSLEY I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same ... BEN KINGSLEY I think that all of us either lose touch with the child inside us or try and hold onto it because it... BEN KINGSLEY I think that various styles and methods and approaches are an invention of people who don't unde... BEN KINGSLEY I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox... BEN KINGSLEY There's so much crap talked about acting. BEN KINGSLEY There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance. BEN KINGSLEY In cinema, the leading player is the director. BEN KINGSLEY The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn wel... BEN KINGSLEY I'll pour you the first one and after that, if you don't have one, it's your own f****** fault. You ... KINGSLEY AMIS Jake was close to tears. In that moment he saw the world in its true light, as a place where nothing... KINGSLEY AMIS No time better than the present,’ I always say. Or was that, ‘Nothing is better than a present�... KAZA KINGSLEY Toads are to dragons what carrots are to unicorns. NESS KINGSLEY I think we wanted to say the same thing that all of these other people are saying that this boat was... LINDA KINGSLEY When we took control of the terminal ... there were things that were left behind in various formats,... LINDA KINGSLEY It was difficult the way the news was conveyed, and it was difficult to see how many department head... LINDA KINGSLEY There were a lot of corporate entities. There were a lot of business dealings. There were records th... LINDA KINGSLEY It was the hardest ticket in town, ... Celebrities were crying: 'Where's my 'box?' 'Where's my 'box?... PAT KINGSLEY For the time being, we are just not opening fan mail. Just to be careful, we are putting it off for ... PAT KINGSLEY